NBA great and health care investor Earvin ?Magic? Johnson signs basketballs for employees during a visit to Florida?s Agency for Health Care Administration on Friday.

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Travis Pillow
Florida Capital Bureau

The Agency for Healthcare Administration got a visit from a basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson on Friday.

Johnson, 53, is a 12-time NBA All-Star whose career was cut short by HIV, which he has battled for more than two decades. He has launched a second act as businessman, and one of his latest ventures a health plan that specializes in care for people living with the disease.

Employees lined the parking lot and swamped him with photo and autograph requests after he emerged from a meeting with AHCA Secretary Liz Dudek and some of his partners in the Clear Health Alliance, a specialty plan ...